Hendy, Adam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-6352
Krit, Meryam
Pfarr, Kenneth
Laemmer, Christine
De Witte, Jacobus
Nwane, Philippe
Kamgno, Joseph
Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C.
Boussinesq, Michel
Dujardin, Jean-Claude
Post, Rory
Colebunders, Robert
O’Neill, Sarah
Enyong, Peter
Njamnshi, Alfred K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-1511
Funding for this research was provided by:
Departement Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie (2014 SOFI 12)
H2020 European Research Council (671055)
Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (TI 03.907)
Article History
Received: 27 August 2021
Accepted: 16 October 2021
First Online: 2 November 2021
Declarations
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: blackfly collections involving human participants were subject to review and approval by the Institutional Review Board at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (1041/15) and the Comité National d’Ethique de la Recherche pour la Santé Humaine (CNERSH), Cameroon (2016/03/677/L/CNERSH/SP). Collectors received training and were not considered to be at a higher risk of exposure than others living in local communities. Participants were adults over the age of 18 years who were receiving ivermectin treatment in accordance with the national onchocerciasis control programme and provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.